The Serenity Prayer for Alcoholics Anonymous neatly encapsulates one of the most characteristic doctrines of Stoic philosophy. We should take greater responsibility for what's up to us according to Stoicism and get less upset about what is not. The most influential psychological principle of Stoicism comes from another one of Epictetus' sayings, from the Incaradian. It's not things that upset us but are judgements about things. That became the inspiration for modern cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT today.

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